Both Arsenal and Liverpool were strongly linked with moves for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette this summer, in their current positions, it would more likely be the Anfield club that makes the next move for the 24-year-old striker.

He may not have made it into Didier Deschamps’s latest France squad, but former boss Raymond Domenech was full of praise for the striker on twitter after he helped Lyon to a 5-1 victory over Montpellier on Sunday.

He joked on social media that this was campaign in favour of Lacazette. “It was a great game, not only for the goal he scored, but for all his decisions on the ball and his passing”

It was no surprise that Deschamps re-called Andre-Pierre Gignac into the squad for the friendlies against Portugal and Armenia, the forward had scored eight goals in eight games – he now has 10 in 10 – and he was superb in the second friendly against Armenia. Scoring and setting up two in the 3-0 win.

However, it was a surprise that Lacazette missed out on the squad despite starting his season with four goals in what was struggling Lyon side. Since he was left out, Lacazette has score another four, including his first-ever hat-trick for OL against Lyon.

Chelsea’s Loic Remy was picked in place of Lacazette and gong forward into Euro 2016, it would seem just a strange decision if a player as in form as Lacazette couldn’t make it into the squad, but Remy, playing bit-part minutes at Chelsea, would get in ahead of the younger striker.

Quite often Domenech was questioned over his tactics and methods, he will never be able to shake off the incidents that occurred during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but it has hard to disagree with his backing of Lacazette.

Andrew Gibney

Andrew Gibney started following France's Ligue 1 about 10 years ago and it is an obession that has stayed with him ever since.His writing career started as a hobby, but now he calls Lille, France his home and spends his weekend either watching Lille OSC or teams down in the fifth division of the French league pyramid, forever searching for the next Eden Hazard.A typical Glasweigan, he once walked 106 miles in seven days, from Sheffield to Lille, just to avoid paying for the Eurostar. Managing to talk his way into a few freebies from other clubs along the way.